The mid-Hudson had a banner year for film production in 2019, new data show. And Orange County leaders hope to keep encouraging local productions after recently taking over the Orange County Film Office.Direct spending in the area by film productions skyrocketed 58 percent to $46 million in 2019 from $29 million in 2018, while production days rose 20 percent to 441 days, in Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, according to the Hudson Valley [...]